Twenty-eight students fell ill and were traumatised as a schoolteacher reportedly forced them to drink drain water as punishment at Zajira in Shariatpur on Wednesday.

At least 23 people were killed and dozens injured after an express train derailed in north India yesterday, officials said, as rescuers clambered across mangled carriages to pull passengers from the wreckage.

Suspended Sramik League leader Tufan Sarkar, accused of raping a college girl in Bogra, has been moved to Kashimpur High Security Jail from Bogra Jail yesterday amid allegations that he abused drugs in prison.

The pilgrimage of over 2,000 Bangladeshis still remains uncertain as their hajj agencies are yet to apply for visas, Hajj camp sources said yesterday.

Recruitment of workers through informal process, poor government monitoring system and lack of awareness among workers and contractors are among the major barriers to ensuring safety at the construction sector, experts say.

Around 2,500 pilgrims are yet to get visas as the extended deadline for completing the visa procedure expires today, according to Hajj Camp sources.

Suspects in Spain's twin terror attacks had been planning for an even bigger assault than the deadly car rampages they carried out, police said yesterday, as distressing details emerged of families torn apart in the double tragedy.

Dilruba Yeasmin was scared the moment she arrived at Hanif Paribahan's bus counter in Gabtoli Balurmath area around 9:00am yesterday.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday claimed the BNP's silence on the 16th amendment verdict proved that the party acknowledged the illegal grabbing of power by its founder Ziaur Rahman.

US President Donald Trump is assembling his national security team at the Camp David presidential retreat yesterday to forge a way

Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi, under house arrest for six years, ended his hunger strike late Thursday after the

Four people were hacked to death and their houses torched in Kenya's coastal Lamu county, police said yesterday.

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader yesterday said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, as the chief of the government and the

A ruling party panel chairman of Dinajpur Zila Parishad has threatened to skin an upazila nirbahi officer's back for not answering his phone.

Saudi Arabia yesterday ordered the reopening of its border with Qatar to Muslim pilgrims, a move which Doha said was welcome but

The Australian cricket team will arrive in Dhaka tonight for a two-Test tour of Bangladesh that has been two years in the making, and

Police detained the man who along with his wife allegedly tortured his eighty-five-year-old mother in Thakurgaon's Haripur upazila on Wednesday night.

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai, who was shot by the Taliban for advocating education for girls in her native Pakistan,

The price of rice at importer level came down by Tk 2.50 per kg as the latest duty cut became effective yesterday following issuance of a circular by the National Board of Revenue (NBR).

Every morning a sweet cacophony of songs signals the rise of the sun in a corner of Saheber Haat village under Barisal Sadar upazila. This